GRE Word List
FRISK
to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
The meaning of the word frisk is to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| retrench | cut down |
| freebooter | pirate |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |